You’ll feel their personalities in their intense glances, striking silvery hues, and the golden patches on their bodies with cobalt blue tops. Giant danios are always a sure aesthetics. Being bottom feeders, you must keep the tank well-oxygenated and the filtration system functional to ensure good water quality.Ī diet that includes wafers, live food, and frozen food pellets is a nutritious addition to the algae they so much love. These artifacts, especially in a community tank, become their hiding places in case of any environmental aggression. When pairing them with African cichlids, have a spacious tank with plenty of driftwood, small caves, plant matter, and rocks Flying fox fish have flaps around their mouth with a golden band and a smooth edge running across their bodies with beautiful colored fins.Ĭoupling them with other fish species in an aquarium is seamless because of their friendly nature. Flying Fox FishĪs noted earlier, they look like the Siamese algae eater but have a distinctive feature. The key difference is that the latter do not have flaps at the corner of their mouth and should be silver in color with dark marks on their scales. ![]() It’s quite hilarious that you can take it home thinking it’s a Siamese algae eater. If you set the tank right, they will not resort to aggression or even feel the need to guard their territories. Having rocky terrains and small caves that resemble their natural habitat helps them feel safe in the tank. Like the African cichlids, clown loaches don’t appreciate being in the limelight. Their primary diet entails fish flakes, pellets, and brine shrimp. Clown LoachesĬlown loaches are bottom feeders. You can feed both on the same kind of fish food like algae and flakes. It also helps that the African red eyed tetras are not picky eaters making them very easy to care for. Having a smooth sand base in the tank also prevents damaging their barbells. The African red-eyed tetra enjoys having plants, driftwoods, and soft, smooth stones that emulate their natural habitat. With their little red eye patterns and iridescent scales that exhibit different shades, wouldn’t it be glorious to have the African red eye tetras in your home? They are relatively sizable (grow up to 3.8 inches), so they’ll need enough space to swim around. I guess somehow they have bred the fish to look that way.Since red tail sharks are more territorial, having just a few in the same aqua space also curbs hostility with other tank mates. My Zebra females are very bright orange,but not the cherry red color seen in some lines. I use New Life Spectrum as my staple food. ![]() Of course it's possible you got a different line of breeding from the ones at the LFS,and it's possible some are victims of hormone treament,but there are at least a few possible ,natural reasons for the difference seen. ![]() I bet stress and heirarchy could also play a part,as it does in subdominant males in a tank. Maybe they are feeding their Red Zebras a food high in ingredients known to bring out those colors.Caratine as an example is one I've seen stated to help in those colors. Maybe your lighting doesn't bring out the orange in our fish the way the LFS lights do. female Estherea are usually more deeply colored orange than the males,who often turn a sort of peachy/pinkish color. All can be attributed to the variances you see.
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